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Another effect of all the heart-string strumming and eye-watering of Ms. Boyle's success is that other contestants are losing a great deal of exposure, the most egregious example of this being the extraordinarily talented dance group Flawless.

Archive 2009-04-01 2009

Drama should press every button, open every emotional door and twang every heart-string.

THIS JUST IN: I STILL TEST PONY-POSITIVE rabid1st 2009

Some amount of heart-string tugging could naturally be expected, of course, but the eventual scene of that fateful Sputnik II launch laid on the sentimentality a little too thick.

REVIEW: Laika by Nick Abadzis 2008

The OP linked above is a completely emotional response to what is a completely philosophical effort, I personally don't find attempted heart-string tugging to be an effective argument tactic.

Defending Your Existence 2008

But there were some classic heart-string pullers like the Budweiser draft horse and his buddy, the calf, turned Longhorn cow.

Super Bowl Ads Were Top Notch… For A While 2010

"It was a heart-string situation," Ms. Verhage says.

She Bosses the CEO 2010

I've seen it so many times - someone fails to get what they wanted once and then finds a reason to try again with a bit of extra heart-string tugging.

Crippled fighting for the UK, refused permission to build a home by the UK Guthrum 2009

John Hughes movies are less comedy, more heart-string tugging.

Breaking: John Hughes Has Passed Away | /Film 2009

Thompson; the newest eye-popper and heart-string puller from Pixar, the story of a sweet robot namedWall*e; a retro-trash romp calledViva; andVantage Point, the time-twisting political thriller starring Dennis Quaid, bows on DVD.

Buzzine » Movie & DVD Roundup Reviews 2008

The golden heart-string that they touch is _not_ of mortal birth:

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